ctan-ann November 2012

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CTAN Update: filedate
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the filedate package. Summary description: Access/compare LaTeX file info and modification dates License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `filedate' v0.4 as of 2012-11-11 has * FileDateAutoChecks after which each Provides... checks info date against its pdffilemoddate * FileDateAutoChecks* additionally checking dates of main file (hopefully jobname.tex) * NoFileDateAutoChecks restoring the original behaviour of Provides..., e.g., for files whose original time stamp has not been preserved in copying/sending ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/filedate . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/filedate (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: listofanswers
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Robert Ipanaqué submitted an update to the listofanswers package. Summary description: Este paquete permite elaborar una lista de respuestas a ejercicios de matemática en un documento LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Esta nueva versión permite usar label y ef. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/listofanswers . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/listofanswers (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: flowfram
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

the daemon cries: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: flowfram > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 1.14 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/flowfram/ > Summary description: Create text frames for posters, brochures or magazines > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Now loads xkeyval rather than keyval > > * Now loads xfor and etoolbox > > * Added new package options: > > - verbose (mainly for debugging messages) > > - thumbtabs (key=value option replacing options ttbtitle, > ttbnotitle, ttbnum and ttbnonum) > > - pages > > * Changed the following package options to boolean key=value > (missing value assumed true, providing backward compatibility): > > - rotate > > - color > > * Made usedframebreaktrue global in definition of framebreak > > * Added usedframebreaktrue to definition of ewpage > > * New counter: absolutepage (keeps track of physical page rather > than page number given by c@page). > > * Added pre-chapter hook ffprechapterhook > > * Added page exclusion list. > > * New commands to set page list and page exclusion list: > > - flowsetpagelist > - flowsetexclusion > - flowaddexclusion > - dynamicsetpagelist > - dynamicsetexclusion > - dynamicaddexclusion > - staticsetpagelist > - staticsetexclusion > - staticaddexclusion > > * New commands to make it easier to switch frames on and off > on-the-fly: > > - flowswitchonnext > - flowswitchoffnext > - flowswitchonnextonly > - flowswitchoffnextonly > - flowswitchonnextodd > - flowswitchoffnextodd > - flowswitchonnextoddonly > - flowswitchoffnextoddonly > > - dynamicswitchonnext > - dynamicswitchoffnext > - dynamicswitchonnextonly > - dynamicswitchoffnextonly > - dynamicswitchonnextodd > - dynamicswitchoffnextodd > - dynamicswitchonnextoddonly > - dynamicswitchoffnextoddonly > > - staticswitchonnext > - staticswitchoffnext > - staticswitchonnextonly > - staticswitchoffnextonly > - staticswitchonnextodd > - staticswitchoffnextodd > - staticswitchonnextoddonly > - staticswitchoffnextoddonly > > - ffaddtoadjustframeshook > > * Added fftolerance (now only warns about moving to unequal width > frame if width difference is greater than tolerance). > > * Added optional argument to @sf@chckifthispg and > @df@chckifthispg > > * Bug fixes: > > - removed unwanted spaces caused by eol character > > - added check for non-void boxes. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/flowfram.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/flowfram/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cabin
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: cabin > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 2012-11-09 > Location on CTAN: fonts/cabin/ > Summary description: Support for the Cabin family of sans serif fonts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > An sfdefault option is now provided to enable Cabin as the default > text font. The fontaxes package is now required for [pdf]LaTeX. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/cabin.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cabin/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: quattrocento
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

the daemon cried: > Name of contribution: quattrocento > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 2012-11-09 > Location on CTAN: fonts/quattrocento/ > Summary description: LaTeX support for Quattrocento and Quattrocento Sans fonts. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX support > for the Quattrocento and Quattrocento Sans families of fonts, designed > by Pablo Impallari. > > Quattrocento is a classic typeface with wide and open letterforms, and > great x-height, which makes it very legible for body text at small > sizes. Tiny details that only show up at bigger sizes make it also > great for display use. Quattrocento Sans is the perfect sans-serif > companion for Quattrocento. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/quattrocento.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/quattrocento/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: catcodes
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the catcodes package. Summary description: Handling category codes with Plain or LaTeX or ... License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- documentation corrected/extended (intros) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/catcodes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/catcodes (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: exsheets
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the exsheets package. Summary description: Yet another package for the creation of exercise sheets. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * possibility to create custom {tasks} environments with NewTasks * generally improved {tasks} environments * improved behavior when used with KOMA-Script's parskip option * a series of minor fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/exsheets . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/exsheets (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: sty2dtx
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the sty2dtx package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This updated fixed the broken support for single-character options inside the config file. In addition some coding improvements where added. Many thanks go to Robin Schneider for providing patches for this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/sty2dtx . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/sty2dtx (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: skeyval
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: skeyval > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Package version: 1.1a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/skeyval/ > Summary description: Key-value parsers that combine the features of xkeyval and pgfkeys - and more. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > (1) Values of choice keys (key type '.choice' in the handlers '.define keys' and '.new keys') are no longer automatically converted into lowercase before matching them against the state pattern of the key. The key type '.choice*' has been introduced. This type will automatically convert user values into lowercase before matching them in the singleton. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/skeyval.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeyval/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: loops
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

and again, the daemon cried... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: loops > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Package version: 1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/loops/ > Summary description: Generic looping macros, including extensions to PGF's foreach. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > (1) The key 'reverse list' has been added in ewforeach and foreachfox to allow users to automatically reverse their lists prior to processing. See the rationale at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/77612/how-to-invert-list-used-for-a-…. > (2) The keys 'expand list once', 'expand list twice' and 'expand list' (or 'fully expand list') have been added in ewforeach and foreachfox. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/loops.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/loops/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan-ann November 2012